Chapter 7 Allusions and other ReferencesAll Excerpts From: S. A. Bodeen. “The Compound.” Monet“I always knew it was merely a reproduction. How could it be anything else? ...The Monet is real. ... How do you explain that, Eli? How do you explain that?”
Bob Dylan“Despite being a devoted fan of Bob Dylan and similar musicians, Dad had stocked the CD collection with every genre, including music more off the mainstream. Grunge bands, punk, alternative, indie rock.”
Literary Devices “When he managed to find some bands I liked, I had to transfer them to my player. No problem. I was made of time.”
“Your father said we might be the only ones left. Or some of the few left. And we owed it to the world to give it the biggest population we could.” I rolled my eyes. “And you bought that story?”
“What the hell, the cards were on the table. It was the time to ask what I’d always wondered, but never had the guts to talk about. “Why did you do it? Agree to it?”
“She’d never broached the subject of the Supplements with me before, even though it was always there, hanging over our heads. She probably thought it wasn’t worth it, me beingthe cold loner that I was. ”
“I tried to move away as she grabbed the headphones out of my ears. “There’s a lot you don’t know, Eli.” She backed off, her eyes looking down.""I wanted to spit the words out. “Like what?”
She tried to find my eyes behind the curtain of hair. ”
Chapter 7
Allusions and other ReferencesAll Excerpts From: S. A. Bodeen. “The Compound.”
Monet
Bob Dylan
off the mainstream. Grunge bands, punk, alternative, indie rock.”
Vocabulary and Concepts
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Literary Devices
“When he managed to find some bands I liked, I had to transfer them to my player. No problem. I was made of time.”
“Your father said we might be the only ones left. Or some of the few left. And we owed it to the world to give it the biggest population we could.”
I rolled my eyes. “And you bought that story?”
“What the hell, the cards were on the table. It was the time to ask what I’d always wondered, but never had the guts to talk about. “Why did you do it? Agree to it?”
“She’d never broached the subject of the Supplements with me before, even though it was always there, hanging over our heads. She probably thought it wasn’t worth it, me beingthe cold loner that I was. ”
“I tried to move away as she grabbed the headphones out of my ears. “There’s a lot you don’t know, Eli.” She backed off, her eyes looking down.""I wanted to spit the words out. “Like what?”
She tried to find my eyes behind the curtain of hair. ”